Abstract

NIZ, Eider et al. ECUACIÓN DE BALANCE DE MATERIA PARA SISTEMAS DE DOBLE POROSIDAD CON CAPA DE GAS INICIAL. C.T.F Cienc. Tecnol. Futuro [online]. 2004, vol.2, n.5, pp.97-115. ISSN 0122-5383.

The physical complexity associated to naturally fractured reservoirs calls for the use of more robust formulations of the Material-Balance Equation (MBE) for determining the initial hydrocarbon in place and predicting reservoir performance. In this paper, we present an improved version of the dual-porosity MBE for naturally fractured reservoirs, published by Peñuela et al. (2001), including the existence of an initial gas phase in the reservoir. Considering that a fractured reservoir may be modeled either using different properties for each porous medium or with average values for the total system, two solution techniques based on each of these assumptions are proposed. Convenient arrangements of the equation allow us to estimate not only the original oil and gas volumes but also the relative storage capacity of the porous media (fractures and matrix) and the compressibility for the fractured and total systems. The new equation can be applied to a broader range of reservoirs due to its more general character. The consistency of the expression proposed has been tested with a set of synthetic models exhibiting different storage capacity in the fractures.

Keywords : material-balance; naturally fractured reservoirs; gas phase; volumetric, dual-porosity.

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